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Dairy-Free Muddy Buddies with Coconut and Pistachios

Posted: December 15, 2015

These dairy-free muddy buddies are perfect for your holiday party. With nourishing additions like unsweetened coconut and crushed pistachios in place of some of the powdered sugar, this Christmas dessert is completely satisfying.

Seriously, how completely delish do these look?! With flavors of chocolate, peanut butter, coconut, and pistachios, how can you go wrong? Answer: you can't.

Instead of rolling the coated cereal in straight powdered sugar, I added in crusted pistachios and unsweetened coconut flakes. I literally "crushed" them in a sealed ziploc bag with the flat side of my meat tenderizer. If you have kids, they will love helping with this part!

This isn’t just a dessert full of empty calories. There’s actually nourishing ingredients that also happen to taste amazing together. The shredded (unsweetened) coconut and coconut oil both add healthy fats that satisfy you, the pistachios help stabilize blood sugar, and the higher percentage cacao is full of antioxidants.

To keep them dairy-free:

I used coconut oil in place of traditional butter (though you could also sub in Earth Balance's vegan buttery sticks)

I used Enjoy Life's dairy-free dark chocolate chips in place of regular ones

I added Silk's Chocolate Cashewmilk to make the coating even creamier

This dessert is also gluten-free as chocolate Chex, the cereal base, is made from rice.

Instructions

Crush pistachios and unsweetened coconut flakes in a large sealed ziploc bag with the flat side of a meat tenderizer (or finely chopping with a knife would work too). Transfer to a fresh bag and add in powdered sugar. Then, set aside.